I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD SUMMER!!

Taking a moment to stop in and say hi to all you great bloggers, i really miss reading all your blogs. This summer has been ecspecially busy, so many things to get done for our daughter to head off to college in September. We are really looking forward to our family get away, which is when we all rent cabins near the end of August. Im sooooooooooooo looking forward to that break.

take care all and enjoy the summer

hugs

janet

BENCH IS DONE!!

The previous post below shows the before of this little freebie stool, which I believe actually belongs to a sewing table. We didn't do anything fancy as you can see. A quick slap of paint (left over from tv cabinet) and some new fabric. (total cost around 3 dollars) Our entrance is long but very narrow, we had no where to put a seating spot so our visitors could sit to put on thier shoes. Its not an obstacle in the entrance as this section of the entry opens to the living room. In between the closet and the garage door was about 20 inches and the stool fits perfect.

IM ON THE HUNT FOR A NICE GREEN APPLE COLORED BASKET TO SLIDE UNDER THE STOOL FOR HATS AND MITTS IN THE WINTER

SHOWING YOU THE FRONT DOOR STRAIGHT AHEAD AND OFF TO THE SIDE IS THE DOOR LEADING TO THE GARAGE. THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES. YOU WILL SEE A TINY BIT OF A WALL STICKING OUT, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL IS WHERE THE TV STAND IS, GIVES YOU AN IDEA ON HOW CLOSE THE LIVING ROOM IS TO THE ENTRY.

Thanks for stopping by, and if I don't get by to visit you often its because summer can be crazy busy around here, but Im doing my best to keep up on what all you fantastic bloggers are up to, so don't think for one minute I have forgot any of you. P.S. THE MAT AT THE ENTRY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED.

hugs

janet

I AM AT IT AGAIN!! a mini project

The old stool already for a makeover

The seat adorning its brown vinyle (before)

We have a very narrow entrance and I have been trying to find something for our guest to sit on while putting thier shoes on. Being narrow isn't the only challenge, we also have two doors in this entrance, one is a coat closet the other is the door to the garage, so the only available space is a little bit of a wall in between these two doors as you can see in the picture above. So when dh asked if i wanted this old stool that was just going to be tossed in the garbage, I couldn't have been more thrilled. ITS A PERFECT FIT!!! wahooo!! Stay tuned, in a couple more days the makeover should be complete.

A happy belated Canada's Day to my Canadian blogger friends and a happy belated 4th of July to my American blogger friends. I celebrated on the first of July and had a great day that ended with watching the beautiful fireworks.

hugs

janet